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Brighton, Michigan, United States

Together the Power to Improve

Wixom, MI

Consultant, trainer, and project manager, supporting clients with project planning and execution, business process improvement, innovation strategy, and phase-gate implementation. Project Management and Process Improvement practitioner, trainer, and coach.Project portfolio includes project management capability building, strategic planning and deployment.

Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

We enable business leaders to tackle their toughest challenges through a proven system to set a clear direction for the organization, improve how the work gets done, and create a results-driven culture.-We believe small businesses are key to economic growth and strong communities.-We have the experience to provide world-class expertise without the big.

Michigan, United States

Our mission is to save companies time and money by strengthening their project management capabilities. We are Project Management Professionals committed to helping you and your company become more profitable and competitively differentiated in your market space.

Ann Arbor, MI

Member of management team. Responsible for production system optimization and future technical development. Currently primarily acting in an advisory capacity.SITUMBRA is an innovative façade system suited for window applications in building segments. It is ideally suited for large highly demanding façade applications. It uniquely provides a combination of.

Wixom, MI

• Pioneered the development and industrialization of black-out, defroster, and finishing processes for 3-D curved injection molded polycarbonate automotive glazing. Managed direct reports and cross-functional teams..
• Developed printed in-mold film “E900Grafx” product, offering styling flexibility at very low tooling cost. Introduced to very aggressive OEM timeline resulting in new program.
• Established a portfolio of five processes and four materials, from concept to invention, from prototyping to industrialization. Filed over 15 patents for black-out printing, defroster application and functionality, and.
• Leveraged partnerships to establish a global supplier network for industrialization of Exatec printing technologies. Negotiated licensing agreements with local and global equipment and tooling suppliers.
• Built activity based cost model for technology and commercial teams, analyzing process and product cost, resulting in focused technology projects and quick turnaround of accurate quotes.
• Developed calculation model to quantify molding and coating influence on optical distortion. Established in-house testing, proving polycarbonate performance is equal or better than glass.

Wixom, MI

• Managed procurement and installation of robotic work cells for molding, trimming and painting process development. Planned and executed black-out, finishing and automation technology development during polycarbonate.
• Specified, negotiated, and procured development work cells. Managed multi-million dollar project budgets. Installations completed on time, and within budget.

• Supported European-wide commercial teams as SME for welding, assembly and bonding, responsible for all industries across all product lines. Contributed to strategic programs in Automotive, Building & Construction.
• Implemented material-specific weld designs for instrument panels and trunk lids, enabling cost effective vibration welding of dissimilar materials, and behind class A surfaces.
• Led the development of automotive exterior body panel fixings which control thermal expansion, enabling on-line attachment before E-coat, eliminating a costly secondary painting process. This breakthrough resulted in.
• Spearheaded introduction of AZDEL freight container flooring in test fleet, from application development through global training, proving material fit for this high volume market.
• Appointed member of global Application Review Team, screening new applications for product liability risks. Developed and led training seminars for European commercial teams.

Supported customers weld/join their products; characterized weldability of GE Plastics’ materials; wrote technical guides; trained commercial teams; made presentations to customers, co-vendors.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Dynamic Flexural Fatigue of Engineering Plastics

Education record

Process Improvement Certification, Marketing Management, Accounting Fundamentals, Cost Finance & Economics, QS9000, Project Management.